OPINION

Opinion

Latest news from and about the homeland

From Visionary to Bystander: How ITAK has forgotten its historic roots
  Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party in Sri Lanka and once a pioneer of Tamil nationalism in the first decades after the independence of Ceylon, has strayed far from its historic mission. Founded in 1949 as the Federal Party, ITAK was born out of the necessity to challenge the Sinhala-Buddhist majoritarianism that sought to dismantle the political and cultural…

Three-pronged strategy to undermine Tamils

Mar 13, 2007
J. S. Tissainayagam
The Tamils are being forced to look at precisely the solution that the international community does not want them to: the LTTE.

Return to sender

Mar 6, 2007
Mike Steketee
So much for Australia’s obligations under the refugee convention.

The LTTE makes its case

Mar 6, 2007
Asanga Welikala
A strategic and astute ploy designed to exploit the fundamental weakness of the Colombo regime.

Militarization in Sri Lanka

Mar 6, 2007
Sunil Ranasinghe
For the most part, the Sri Lankan media establishment has lined up behind Rajapakse´s war.

Clientilism: an entrenched obstacle

Feb 23, 2007
Madura Rasaratnam
Donors' diagnosis of inefficiency or political interference does not capture the problem of pervasive and entrenched clientilism.

World should not ignore Rajapakse

Feb 23, 2007
Jonathan Steele
Sri Lanka is seeing an escalating military campaign by the most hardline government since independence.

Independence: a sham without human rights protection

Feb 23, 2007
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
There is no way in which effective human rights monitoring can be conducted by national institutions.

A ceasefire is needed for meaningful peace talks

Feb 20, 2007
Kim Howells
The Norwegian-facilitated cease-fire of 2002 offered would offer a good base from which to launch a new peace initiative.

Media and violence in Sri Lanka

Feb 7, 2007
Sunanda Deshapriya
The real challenge in safeguarding social values in a democratic society is not during peaceful times.

Unconstructive engagement

Feb 6, 2007
S. P. Tamilselvan
Tamils find little comfort in the expressions of concerns by the International Community'
Three-pronged strategy to undermine Tamils
Return to sender
The LTTE makes its case
Militarization in Sri Lanka
Clientilism: an entrenched obstacle
World should not ignore Rajapakse
Independence: a sham without human rights protection
A ceasefire is needed for meaningful peace talks
Media and violence in Sri Lanka
Unconstructive engagement
Three-pronged strategy to undermine Tamils
Return to sender
The LTTE makes its case
Militarization in Sri Lanka
Clientilism: an entrenched obstacle
World should not ignore Rajapakse
Independence: a sham without human rights protection
A ceasefire is needed for meaningful peace talks
Media and violence in Sri Lanka
Unconstructive engagement